Department of Civil Engineering

M.Tech. Structural Engineering

Phase: II Review No.: II Date:

Name of the Student:Ankit Dhiman

Reg. No. :RA1612001010052

Name of the Guide:Mr.A.Joshua Daniel

Type of Project work : Experimental

Title :Experimental study on bending behavior of composite beam
using plywood I-section

Signature of Guide with date:

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Objectives

• To examine the feasibility of using plywood I-section in composite

RC beam.

• To find the bending behavior of composite RC beam with Geo-

grid wrapping.

• To compare the bending behavior of composite plywood I-section

beam wrapped with and without Geo-grid wrapping and
conventional beam.

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Scope

 Different type of I-section has been casted with different dimension.

 Cubes and cylinders will be casted with different percentage of steel

fiber to checking the properties of concrete.

 Conventional concrete beam were casted.

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Schedule of work done
DESCRIPTION OF WORK % COMPLETION OF WORK

REVIEW-I REVIEW-II

Casting of beam 100%

Flexure test (Two point loading) - 100%

Paper publishing 10% 70%

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 Test results
Specimen Description % steel Ultimate Deflection Stiffness
fiber load(kN) (mm) (kN/mm)

B-1 GG in hinge region 1.5 228 8.13 28.04

with SF

B-2 GG in hinge region 1.5 236 9.74 24.23

with SF
B-3 GG in hinge region 1.5 224 6.44 34.78
with SF
B-4 Without (geo-grid - 212 7.41 28.60
and steel fiber)
B-5 Without (geo-grid - 204 7.69 26.52
and steel fiber)
B-6 conventional - 104 5.54 18.77

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 Load–deflection behavior

Load-Deflection of I-section with GG Load-Deflection of I-section without GG

250

250

200

200

150
Load(KN)

B-1 150

Load(KN)
B-2 B-4
100 B-3 B-5
100

50
50

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Deflection(mm)
Deflection (mm) 6
Load–deflection behavior

Load-Deflection
250

200

150
Load (KN)

B-1
B-2
B-3
100
B-4
B-5
B-6
50

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Deflection(mm)

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Progress made(4/4)

Beam with geo-grid

Beam without geo-grid Conventional beam

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Publication Status-Scopus Indexed Journal

STAGE OF PUBLICATION Put √ in the

WORK relevant cell
PUBLISHED
UNDER REVIEW
COMMUNICATED
UNDER PREPARATION √

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References (1/2)

[1] McNatt, J.D., and Superfesky, M.J., 1983: Long-term load

performance of hardboard I-beams. United States Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Research
Paper FPL 441.
[2] Leichti, R.J., Falk, R.H., Laufenberg, T.L., 1990: Prefabricated wood
I-beams: a literature review .Wood and fiber science
,vol.22,No.1.pp.62-79
[3] Hardboard webbed wood I-beam MayaFitton,BryanWalford 1994
Forest Research Institute , Rotorua, New Zealand ISSUE 3 TIMBER
DESIGN JOURNAL, Issue 3,volume 7
[4] Norlin, B., 1988: Buckling of hardboard-webbed I-beams.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Timber Engineering,
Seattle, Washington, USA. Vol.1, pp. 602-617.

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References (2/2)

 [5] Long Term Load Performances of hardboard I beams: J.Dobbin

&Michael J.Superfesky united statesDepartment of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Research Paper FPL 441.
 IS:10262-2009 Concrete Mix Proportioning-Guidelines (First
Revision); ICS 91.100.30; July 2009.
 IS:456-2000 Plain and Reinforced Concrete-Code of Practice (Fourth
Revision); ICS 91.100.30; July 2000.
 IS:383-1970 Coarse and Fine Aggregates from Natural Sources for
Concrete (Second Revision); UDC 691.322; April 1971.
 IS:SP :6(1)-1964 Handbook for structural steel sections
.

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